I want to grow tropical fruits at Motuhoa island in Tauranga, NZ. At present the island cultivates and exports only avocados and they have reduced our freshwater and the native tree line around the island is failing and many meters of land has been lost to the waves as they dredge our shallow harbour more and more. Our shellfish that was plentiful a decade ago is severely depleted and barely hanging on the beds are sparsely populated by juveniles and invasive species from mostly from asia are decimating our marine ecosystems which support fisheries among the most productive in the world. The island breeds monster rats bcuz of the avocados and rats predate on our native wildlife who evolved without the presence of terrestrial mammals save for bats. The island is also plagued by pest plants such as wattle, wooly nightshade, moth plant, kahili ginger, pampass, climbing asparagus, and those are the ones i can think of. Motuhoa is a special place and Te Waharoa who was the ‘Māori king maker’ loved to spend time at Motuhoa which is a lovely part of history that ties to Motuhoa. They say 2,000 of our people lived on the island and now I don’t even know if there’s a permanent resident. My great grandmother was the last generation of my family to be born and live there and now we just watch Motuhoa from our balcony on the mainland and go for summer. I want to grow an orchard at the marae. It’s very hard to obtain tropical fruit seed in New Zealand as result of the biosecurity act 1993 which treats any organisms not present in New Zealand before 1993 basically like it’s radioactive. The biosecurity measures are necessary though to protect our ecosystems, our health, and industries.
Permaculture is great for a family, but not for corporation bc of the inefficiency. For country that relay so much on corporates they will never see this as solution
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I want to grow tropical fruits at Motuhoa island in Tauranga, NZ. At present the island cultivates and exports only avocados and they have reduced our freshwater and the native tree line around the island is failing and many meters of land has been lost to the waves as they dredge our shallow harbour more and more. Our shellfish that was plentiful a decade ago is severely depleted and barely hanging on the beds are sparsely populated by juveniles and invasive species from mostly from asia are decimating our marine ecosystems which support fisheries among the most productive in the world. The island breeds monster rats bcuz of the avocados and rats predate on our native wildlife who evolved without the presence of terrestrial mammals save for bats. The island is also plagued by pest plants such as wattle, wooly nightshade, moth plant, kahili ginger, pampass, climbing asparagus, and those are the ones i can think of. Motuhoa is a special place and Te Waharoa who was the ‘Māori king maker’ loved to spend time at Motuhoa which is a lovely part of history that ties to Motuhoa. They say 2,000 of our people lived on the island and now I don’t even know if there’s a permanent resident. My great grandmother was the last generation of my family to be born and live there and now we just watch Motuhoa from our balcony on the mainland and go for summer. I want to grow an orchard at the marae. It’s very hard to obtain tropical fruit seed in New Zealand as result of the biosecurity act 1993 which treats any organisms not present in New Zealand before 1993 basically like it’s radioactive. The biosecurity measures are necessary though to protect our ecosystems, our health, and industries.
Permaculture is great for a family, but not for corporation bc of the inefficiency. For country that relay so much on corporates they will never see this as solution